U.S. cable operator Charter fired the latest salvo in the residential high-speed Internet battle rolling out a 60Mbps offering, the Ultra60. Based on the so-called DOCSIS 3.0 technology, the Ultra60 service will be available initially in the St.Louis metropolitan area and subsequently in other areas covered by the company. Not Gonna be Cheap Ultra60 will […]
Beyond disgusting. After reporting staggering losses and after receiving some $350 billion in bailout and guarantees for hundreds of billions of dollars of toxic assets, Wall Street paid out $18.4 billion in bonuses in 2008. Blame this nonsense on the Bush administration for not imposing restrictions when they handed out TARP money (in plain English, […]
Of the 40 finalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search 2009 competition, eight are desis (many seem to be South Indians). Often referred to as the Junior Nobel Prize, the Science Talent Search is America’s oldest and most prestigious science research competition for high school seniors. Seven former finalists have won the Nobel Prize. Numbering […]
After universal condemnation and ridicule, the Vikram Pandit-headed Citigroup cancelled the order for its new $50 million corporate jet. Hooray! Sorry, Vikram. Not for You Asked about the luxury jet, President Barack Obama’s spokesman Robert Gibbs said the President “doesn’t believe that is the best use of money at this point.” Besides President Obama, the […]
Indian IT crook Satyam Computer Services is telling employees that they will receive their salaries for January. That means all ye Satyam employees can pay your mortgages, car loans and next month’s credit card bills. Hey guys, who knows what will happen with your February salary. So, go slow on splurging. At its meeting today, […]
Akshay Kumar’s latest nightmare Chandni Chowk to China has collapsed 80% at the U.S. box office in its second weekend. This dungheap of a movie came in at No-38 with an average gross of $965. This piece of garbage did worse than even Drona in the second week,